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Description: | Pierre Gassend (1595-1655) was a French philosopher, astronomer, scientist and mathematician. In philosophical writings such as Exercitationes paradoxicae adversus Aristoteleos, he challenged Descartes' acceptance of the Aristotelian system. His biographies of Tycho Brahe, Copernicus and Regiomontanus are among the finest examples of seventeenth-century biographical writing. This composition is familiar from the many engravings of Gassend. The form of the inscription implies a posthumous work. | Subjects: | portrait (Pierre Gassend) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8381... | Go to resource |
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